Combined nut serving and cracking device.



H. H. HIGERT.

COMBINED NUT SERVING AND CRACKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1916.

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COMBINED NUT SERVING AND CRACKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25. I916.

Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

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V CQMBINED NUT SERVING AND CRACKIN G DEVICE,

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

Application filed March 25, 1916. Serial No. 86,788.

To all whom it may concern H. HIGERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Nut 7 Serving and Cracking Devices, of which the following is a specification."

nuts; and one of the objects of the invention consists in the provision of a device of 'the above character in which each indiesthetic way.

in the provision of a device of the above nuts separated from the uncracked nuts.

A still further object of the invention consists in theprovision of a device of the above character wherein a receptacle for holding the uncracked nuts and a like receptacle for receiving the cracked nutsare convil upon which the nuts may'be'cracked,

the said anvil being arranged to receive and deliver the force of the blows, in'crack- I ing the nuts, away from the nut holding receptacles.

I accomplish the objects of the invention by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, formingapart' hereof, in whichi Figure 1 is a top or plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the construction shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the center of the device, on the line 33 in Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 44 in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the device.

Referring to the drawings, 10 and 11 represent a pair of receptacles acting as re positories for the uncracked and cracked nuts. The receptacles 10 and 11 may be composed of wood, porcelain, glass or suitable compositions as expediency may dictate. The receptacles 10 and 11 are arranged side by side for compactness and are mounted securely upon a base-plate 12 in any suitable manner, the base-plate simplifying portability and allowing the device to easily rest upon the lap of the individual. The under surface of the base 12 may be covered wlth cloth or felt 13 to prevent marring the surface of any article of furniture upon Whlcll the device may be resting.

sides of a plane line drawn through the longitudinal center of the receptacles 10 and 11 1s an anvil upon the upper surface of which the cracking of the nuts is effected.

12 and extends upward and somewhat above L the upper edges of the receptacles 10 and vidual can be independently served with palatable, savory nuts in a convenient and r 11. The anvil is preferably composed of metal, and asit extends outward on both I sides of a line :through the longitudinal cen- A further object of the invention consists :1

ter ofthe'receptacles it follows the contour of said receptacles to its full extent, so that character in which the nuts served to each individual can be conveniently cracked; the device being arranged to keep the cracked the anvil in two parts or sections, by dividing the anvil either vertically or horizontally. The central portion of the web of the anvilis preferably omitted, for the. reasonthat a saving in metal and weight of the entire device is effected, and, moreover, providing space for any slight irregularities that are'often found on the exterior contour when the receptacles 10 and, 11 are formed of potterymaterial and produced in the manner in which pottery articles aremanu- 'factured. As heretofore stated, the anvil may be divided vertically along the line 3-3 in Fig. 4, or. divided transversely along the full line shown in Fig. 4. Of these two lines of division I have found it preferable to divide the anvil transversely, providing an upper section 15 and a lower section 16, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, for the reason in so doing,on account of omitting the central portion of the anvil-web, the resultant arch forms a support for the crown of the anvil-section 15 which receives'the first impulses of the blows delivered by the hammer in cracking the nuts.

The lower anvil-section 16 is firmly secured to the base-plate 12 by means of suitable screws 18, and the upper anvil-section.

Arranged between and extending on both .The anvil rests firmly upon the base-plate;

pass freely through the lower section and are threaded into the upper'section 15. The

upper and central portion of the crown of anvil-section 15 may be provided with a wedge shaped notch 22 which forms a convenient means for holding the hammer 25 when not in use, the wedge shaped sides" of. notch 22 impinging tightly against the sides of the hammer handle 26 when-the latter W is forced down into said notch.

As heretofore stated in the specification, the receptacles 10 and 11 "may be formed I of wood of any character, or may be stained to match the interior finish or furniture of a room, or the said receptacles may be formed of glasscommon or cut glass porcelain or pottery material, with exterior embellishments of infinite variety to satisfy every artistic and esthetic taste, and on account of the fragility of many of the -ma terials of which the receptacles 10 and 11 11. WVith this construction in mind, I am enabled to form the receptacles out of fragile material, if desired, and thus enable me to employ those materials Which are suitable and which expediency dictates in I carrying my invention into Practice.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1 The combination, with a portable base, of a plurality of nut holding receptacles mounted upon said base and spaced apart from each other, and an anvil mounted on the base independently of the receptacles to form a filling member in said receptacles.

'2. The combinatiomiwith a portable base,

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mounted uponand apart from each other, means for securing said receptacles" tosaidbase',"an anvil mounted 011 the base independently of the receptacles to form' a filling member in the space beweensaid receptacles, and meansfor securlng sald'alnvil to said base.

3.:In a -device. of the herein described class comprising a nut holding receptacle, an

anvil formed independently and arranged exteriorly ofgsaid' r'ecepta'cle,= the crown of said anvil beingf'provided'with 'a hammer holding notch, mountings-means for mounting both the receptacle and anvil, means for:

securing the receptacle to said mountingmeans, and means for securing. saidanvll to sald mounting-means 4. In a device of the herein described'class com risin a. nut holdim rece tacle an anvil formed of az plurality of, independent sections, means-=for securing the anvil-e sections together,- and 'IIlQdIlS for mounting I both the receptacle-and. anvil and for receivingand absorbing the force ofjthe ham-- mer blows delivered to said anvil V 5. In a device of-the herein described class comprising a pair of. nut holding receptacles arranged in close proximity, an anvil arranged between .and independently of-said receptacles, said anvil-following approgrimately theexterior'rcontourof said receptacles on both'sidesof a line drawn through the longitudina'l center of the receptacles to present nut orackin {surfaces of; varying' widths, and meansormounting both the receptacles a'ndanvil andforreceiving and absorbing the ,force' of; the hammer blows delivered'to saidianvil, J

In witness whereof, I' have my hand and-seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 13th dayrof-March, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

Copies of this uatent may be obtained for five cents each, by afldress ing thie fdomrnissioner of Patents,

HENRY. HIGERT.

hereunto set 

